Falun Gong branch to reapply for NPO status

TOKYO, Japan - Masaaki Tsuruzono (R), a Japanese representative of Falun Gong practitioners in Japan, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 10. He said the Japanese branch of China's outlawed spiritual movement Falun Gong will reapply for nonprofit organization (NPO) status, following the Tokyo metropolitan government's rejection of its erlier application.